The National Labor Relations Board has ruled that a
Dallas-area charter school is a political subdivision of the
state of Texas and thus outside of its jurisdiction because
state law made school administrators responsible to public
officials.

The federal judge overseeing the multidistrict litigation on
antipsychotic drug Abilify has unsealed a redacted order denying
the drugmakers' summary judgment motion and clearing the way for
a first trial over claims that Abilify caused patients to engage
in compulsive behavior.

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit accusing Stemline
Therapeutics Inc of misleading investors about its ability to
address the risk of a fatal side effect associated with a drug
it was developing to treat certain blood-related cancers.

Nuclear technology firm Westinghouse Electric Co's plan for
emerging from bankruptcy could raise serious public safety and
health issues if it intends to reject a contract for handling
radioactive waste, according to the company that hired
Westinghouse for the work.

A federal judge on Thursday ordered patent licensing company
Acacia Research Corp to reimburse online retailer Newegg Inc for
more than $500,000 in attorney fees and costs incurred in a
long-running patent infringement case between the companies.

A federal judge said cereal maker Post Foods LLC cannot
shake off the bulk of claims in a proposed consumer class action
lawsuit alleging the company made false or misleading claims by
advertising its sweetened products as "healthy."

Microsoft Corp has asked a federal judge in Seattle to toss
out a proposed class action accusing the company of paying women
less than men and denying them promotions, saying the named
plaintiffs failed to allege that they experienced any
discrimination.

Master limited partnership EV Energy Partners said on
Wednesday it has notched a restructuring agreement with its
noteholders that will allow it to shed more than $343 million in
debt by filing for Chapter 11 protection.

A group of Pacific Drilling SA's noteholders have called for
a court order rejecting the drillship operator's motion for more
time to control its bankruptcy, arguing the company has
"squandered" its first four months in Chapter 11.

WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday required Arizona to continue to provide driver's licenses to the so-called Dreamers immigrants and refused to hear the state's challenge to an Obama-era program that protects hundreds of thousands of young adults brought into the country illegally as children.

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